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NEWS RELEASE: Secretary Roger Werholtz Named Top Correctional Administrator in the Nation (December 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:48Z

Please see the following news release from the Association of State Correctional Administrators and the honor presented to Kansas Secretary of Corrections Roger Werholtz as the 2009 Outstanding Director of Corrections during its annual conference held on December 5 in Charleston, S.C.

NEWS RELEASE: Secretary Roger Werholtz Named Top Correctional Administrator in the Nation

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:27Z

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Contracts for Enhanced Inmate Banking, Electronic Messaging and Video Visitation (May 1, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:49Z

Kansas Secretary of Corrections Roger Werholtz today announced that the Department of Corrections has entered into a contract amendment with Embarq™ Payphone Services Inc., a unit of Embarq™ Corp., of Overland Park to improve security and reduce the introduction of contraband, reduce staff time and involvement in screening mail and generate commissions for the KDOC in the areas of inmate trust accounts (banking), mail, and visitation.

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Contracts for Enhanced Inmate Banking, Electronic Messaging and Video Visitation (May 1, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:28Z

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Announces Suspension of Offender Programs Effective April 1, 2009 (February 5, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:50Z

Kansas Secretary of Corrections Roger Werholtz today announced that the Department has begun the process of suspending a number of facility and community based offender programs in the ongoing effort to reduce the Fiscal Year 2009 budget.

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Announces Suspension of Offender Programs Effective April 1, 2009 (February 5, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:29Z

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Announces Plan to Accelerate the Suspension of Operations at Osawatomie and Toronto Units (January 23, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:51Z

Kansas Secretary of Corrections Roger Werholtz today announced that the Department is taking steps to suspend operations at the Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) – South Unit at Osawatomie on February 6, 2009 and the El Dorado Correctional Facility (EDCF) – East Unit at Toronto on February 27, 2009.

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Announces Plan to Accelerate the Suspension of Operations at Osawatomie and Toronto Units (January 23, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:30Z

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Announces Closure of One Housing Unit at Winfield Correctional Facility as Part of Ongoing Budget Reductions (February 11, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:50Z

Kansas Secretary of Corrections Roger Werholtz today announced that the 176 capacity “B” Housing Unit at Winfield Correctional Facility (WCF) will be taken off-line effective March 7, 2009 in an effort to meet budget reductions for the current fiscal year. WCF is a minimum security facility with three housing units, designated “A”, “B” and “C”.

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Announces Closure of One Housing Unit at Winfield Correctional Facility as Part of Ongoing Budget Reductions (February 11, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:29Z

NEWS RELEASE: HCF Visitation Cancelled Due to Flu

David Cook — 2010-01-29T18:04:08Z

For Immediate Release December 17, 2009

For additional information please contact Steve Schneider, Public Information Officer

Hutchinson Correctional Facility

Hutchinson, Kansas

620-728-3335

620-728-3338

Warden Sam Cline of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility has announced that visitation at the prison’s maximum security Central Unit has been cancelled for this weekend, December 19th and 20^th, due to the number of cases of influenza like illnesses among the inmate population.

In addition, transfers of inmates into and out of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility will be cancelled through next week. All volunteer activities at the prison’s Central Unit are cancelled until further notice. The employee holiday tours originally scheduled for Friday, December 18, 2009 are also cancelled.

These changes in visitation and volunteer programs do not affect the medium custody East Unit or the minimum custody South Unit of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. These schedule changes are being made in compliance with the infectious disease mitigation response plan which has been developed by the Kansas Department of Corrections in recent months. The situation at the facility will be re-evaluated by the middle of next week to determine if continued changes to operations are warranted.

National Institute of Corrections Technical Assistance Report: Kansas Department of Corrections (Jan 2010)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:41Z

Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson requested assistance from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to review the policies and training procedures related to staff sexual misconduct and cross gender supervision in the Kansas Department of Corrections, and in particular at the Topeka Correctional Facility. The report follows.

National Institute of Corrections Technical Assistance Report: Kansas Department of Corrections (Jan 2010)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:26Z

MEMORANDUM: Message from the Secretary of Corrections to Staff Regarding FY 2009 Budget (January 27, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:50Z

A budget proposal passed out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Monday, January 26, 2009, provides for a 3.4% across the board budget reduction for state agencies. For the Department of Corrections this reduction would be in addition to reductions previously submitted by the department, including the suspension of operations at Osawatomie and Toronto in February and Stockton in June. A 3.4% reduction for the department is approximately $9.3 million.

MEMORANDUM: Message from the Secretary of Corrections to Staff Regarding FY 2009 Budget (January 27, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:30Z